Ok then explain why Govt increased tax or duty or whatever it is on set top box when it is forcing digitization of the cable in entire country ? It is simple. They want to milk each and every source of income. Increase duties and such on each and everything which is either in demand or is imposed as compulsory. Why only mobiles duty increased ? They see what is lower and what is being imported in large quantities and in order to milk that, increase duties. Shocked to see some people defending this corrupt government.
Govt is trying to curb the CAD. Without which India risks becoming the first of the BRICs to get relegated to junk status by the rating agencies. You are concentrating on just one aspect, try to look at the big picture.
Corrupt govt ? pls every govt is corrupt because we have to fund our democracy.
Democracy does not come for cheap.
If anything i would be in favour of legalising 'corruption' like in the US so we can get on with our lives. A good start would be to increase the money a candidate can legally raise to stand for office ie elections funding reform. It costs too much but the govt will not let you raise that money legally so the balance is what is known as 'corruption'. Real simple.
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Excise duty comes into effect from first of March, 2013. GOs passed for that purpose.
Union Budget - 2013-14 - CBEC
You did not mention WHICH is the pertinent notification in there. After going through quite a few it seems to be notification 6/2013
6/2013 – CE Seeks to rescind notification No. 20/2011- CE, dated the 24th March, 2011 relating
to 1% excise duty on Mobile handsets including Cellular phones.
Here is notificaiton
20/2011
How it goes from 1% to 6% is not clear.